Muncie man arrested for domestic battery

Sean Alan Bales, 27, 808 W. Powers St., was arrested early Thursday on preliminary charges of domestic battery, strangulation, cirminal confinement and interference with the reporting of a crime.

According to an affidavit, Bales’ alleged victim reported he had assaulted her during an early Tuesday argument, slammming her into a wall and choking her until she lost consciousness.

The woman acknowledged she “threw an apple at a door in frustration,” and a portion of the apple might have struck Bales. She also said she scratched her spouse’s face as he choked her, allegedly prompting Bales to bit her upper lip, “causing it to split open.”

Bales was charged with public intoxication in June, and was convicted of battery in 2008. He was being held in the Delaware County jail on Thursday under a $17,500 bond.